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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 11h

Honestly I never wouldn't have thought it would be mine or Lawcket's. But given I do it, in the right circumstances Lawcket might.

& yeah, I'm pleased Rider's obvious in that way. Like he doesn't like interacting with humans at all, & he finds peace alone with nature.

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Lou ✍🏻 🧶 @loustardust.com · 1d

#SFFChat

October 13: Something visual

Wynn and Beckett from my #WIP Javawocky Cafe

Art by @artcoffeecats.bsky.social

Character art of the characters from my WIP Javawocky Cafe

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 11h

#SFFChat

Well, me again sharing half made stuff that will probably never be finished, but here's my moodboard for Bound By Heart.

A moodboard with 8 art pieces all made by me.
On the left:
2 kneeling humanoid outlines, 1 dark the other light
A grayscale picture of a human kissing a melon sized white egg
An infant dragon in a cave
On the right:
A dark outline of a human with their arms around a tree with dark leaves
An outline of a human standing in the snow with their back to us
Snowy mountains with a dark staring night above
At the top, hands bound in glowing rope, the words "Now freedom felt like a greater curse than bondage"
In the center, a circlet of interwoven thorns on a backdrop of sparkling red, the words "Every curse bears a blessing"

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 12h

#whistpr word for October 13, 2025: #NOSE

Lawcket stepped back to the two horses he was leading. He let them itch their faces on his hands for a few moments, touched his lips to the nose of the one he had been tied on, before resuming walking.
When they came to the road he stopped.

#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 1d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

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Word for October 13, 2025: #NOSE

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Digital painting of a long-haired anteater with a long nose. The animal is striped in shades of cream, beige, brown, and black and has shaggy fur.

MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 12h

I'm not sure Lawcket would use social media at all (my own reason for starting it is one he wouldn't have)
If he did though, he'd probably have a profile pic of Littly (his little goat) but I could imagine him using a garden flower.
He'd post garden & food pics.

Rider wouldn't use social media.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 18h

#WIPSnips

Just as Looccup pushed off the ground, memory hit Lawcket making him sick for having forgotten all this time about Awny, the boy who had been prisoner with him, who Awndrith had kept as a stable boy. They had only been together for a few days, . . .

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The word for October 13th is "push"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 13 - push
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 23h

Thanks so much.
& no worries. Life gets busy for all of us. We all miss things sometimes. At least I know I do, as much as it annoys me.

MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#whistpr #SWEET (I've shared this line before. It's my definition of bittersweet🥲)

Somehow her love only added to the grief throbbing in his heart, mixing even more sweetness into the pain, and making him want to cry all the more.

#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 2d

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Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

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Word for October 12, 2025: #SWEET

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Drawing in white ink against a black background of a spiny porcupine bent over with its nose in a sweet-smelling fanciful blue flower with green stem and leaves.

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#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 2d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 12, 2025: #SWEET

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#SFFChat 12 (a poem from Bound By Heart)

Blood and snow by promise vowed
All I ever was is given
For your broken wounded bond
The scars I bear which should have claimed me
Are overwritten with scars for you
Engraved by my own hands upon my heart
By choice and not by bondage
(more in alt text)

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

👀

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

He gets a lot of true joy, it's just not from success, at least if it is he doesn't notice.
I will admit that for someone who's so insistent that being kind makes him happy, he also receives a lot of joy from seeing the kindness of others.

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👻Scarlet🎃Mitchell☠️ @scarletvmitchell.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, everyone here knows I love to share snippets, even when totally rough and unedited 😅

But showing the full work? I’m pretty shy about that. It has to be pretty well edited before I’ll show a beta, and I only show a select handful.

That said, I‘ll read rough snips and improv to my writing group

Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 1d

Do you show your WIP to anyone before you finish it? I never do until my stories shape shift into their final form #writingq #WritingCommunity

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

- but several times in the story he's aware that if he'd never gotten himself imprisoned, if he'd never suffered, he would never have freed the other prisoners.
I guess the only time he notices success is when it's bittersweet.
In those cases he uses it to cope with guilt & failure.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#AwesomeCharacters

For someone so focused on clinging to the good, Lawcket notices failure much more than success.
Usually if he's aware of success it's because success & failure are mixed. He feels a ton of guilt over the pain brought to his family by the trouble he got himself into, - 1/2

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 1d

#AwesomeCharacters

For Rider, success is only his duty. He rarely even notices small successes.
He does make note of success when he was certain he'd die failing. But not to gloat, simply for looking back on when he again faces the impossible.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

We talked before about how your character handles failure, let's do the opposite: how do they handle success?

Are they a good winner? Do they gloat? Feel like they still need to do more? Downplay their role?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips
(I gave up finding any spiritual-ish instances, which is embarrassing, but almost everything was practical)

“Maybe you wouldn't understand any better than I did, but what's done is done. I hope you won't hate me for being glad I'm home, not dead.”

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 2d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

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#WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
October 12 - hope
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

It does take a kind of organization skill that I'm not sure I have.
It also takes learning how to not need much.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

That my take, but I'm not sure he has the experience to organize anything complex.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

- keeping, so good he never gives his name when he's a prisoner, for fear it might get his family hurt.

He does come up with plans on the spot sometimes, & can follow simple plans of nothing important distracts him. His day to day life has a lot of routine elements.

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

- especially given he's mostly just following what his parents do, & adding his own idea here or there when it's helpful.

He's more a wild card when it comes to action. His emotions tend to lead him. The only place he plans is when there's something he has to *not* do. He's good at secret - 2/3

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

#AwesomeCharacters

Lawcket is very practical, & is used to making do with little space & few belongings.
He's simple. If he needs something it has a place where he can easily access it for use. He doesn't keep anything that's not necessary. It make organization rather simple, - 1/?

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Is your character organized and methodical, or more chaotic?

Do they prefer to plan things out carefully, or be spontaneous and improvise?

Do they keep their belongings neat and tidy, or are they a bit messy?

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

#AwesomeCharacters

Rider lives as a traveler, so has few belonging and has never had to organize much beyond figuring out how to carry on his person all the things he needs, without being too hindered.

As for action, he plans but stays prepared to make changes however chaotic they may be.

Charlie Delta (has been a ghost this whole time! 👻) @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Is your character organized and methodical, or more chaotic?

Do they prefer to plan things out carefully, or be spontaneous and improvise?

Do they keep their belongings neat and tidy, or are they a bit messy?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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MidnightRose Artist @midnightrose838.bsky.social · 2d

Aww, Fox!😂 Somehow this matches her so well. I think I might be getting a feel for your characters.🥰

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